A pilot launch of e-rupee soon, can be based on token or account, #RBI reveals‼️
🔅There are 2 versions—wholesale for interbank settlement and retail for the public.
🔅A token-based CBDC (central bank digital currency) is a bearer instrument like banknotes, whosoever holds…cntd
…the tokens at a given point in time would be presumed to own them.
The retail version of the digital rupee is token based.
🔅An account-based system would require maintenance of record of balances and transactions of all holders of the CBDC and indicate ownership of… cntd
…of the monetary balances.
🔅In a token-based CBDC, the person receiving a token will verify that his ownership of the token is genuine, whereas in an account-based CBDC, an intermediary verifies the identity of an account holder.
🔅RBI says this will reduce cost of cash.. cntd
…transactions
🔅A person will be allowed offline transfers too.
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